Globe Telecom said 50% of base stations adversely affected by the super Typhoon Yolanda have already been restored back to operations as of 9 am Monday.<\/p>\n
In Visayas alone, 42% of the company\u2019s 3G enabled sites that have been adversely affected by the typhoon have been restored. Globe has also reactivated 31% of 2G-enabled sites affected by the typhoon.<\/p>\n
Mobile connectivity in Tacloban has improved substantially with the restoration of a cellsite serving critical communication requirements of the local government units and agencies involved in disaster response and coordination efforts.\u00a0 Several units of cellsite on wheels are currently being mobilized to further expand service to typhoon victims.<\/p>\n
The temporary site in Tacloban was put up near Maharlika Highway, after initially setting it up near Hotel Alejandro in Tacloban.\u00a0 Tacloban was among the hardest hit provinces of Typhoon Yolanda and the last isolated area where Globe mobile signals were fully disrupted. Another cell sites has been reactivated in Ormoc City, located in Bantiq, which is around three kilometers away from the city proper.<\/p>\n
Globe said that restoration efforts are being accelerated in the Visayas region with the assistance of government units like the Phil. Air Force and the Phil. Navy who lent assistance in providing transport requirements for heavy network equipment that are being airlifted or shipped to critical sites including Tacloban.<\/p>\n
In Cebu, 81% cell sites affected have already been restored while 84% of base stations affected in Negros Occidental have been reactivated while 81% of affected cell sites in Bohol have also been returned back to operations. Other restorations of affected sites in various provinces are as follows: Antique- 54%, Capiz-10%, Iloilo- 64%, Northern Samar-42%, Negros Oriental-97%; Southern Leyte-53%; Western Samar-26%.<\/p>\n
Libreng Tawag, Libreng Charging centers mobilized<\/strong><\/p>\n Parallel with efforts to repair base stations, Globe also mobilized Libreng Tawag stations in 7 different sites in Iloilo, Romblon and Antique.<\/p>\n The company is currently facilitating Libreng Tawag stations in Tacloban and Roxas, which is expected to become operational within Monday.<\/p>\n In addition, 24 Libreng Charging stations in Leyte, Bohol and Antique have been set up whereby gensets serving the Globe cellsites are used to charge mobile phones to help residents in the area with no commercial power.<\/p>\n Below are locations of Libreng Tawag and Libreng Charging stations:<\/p>\n Libreng Tawag:<\/strong><\/p>\n Iloilo<\/strong> Romblon<\/strong> Antique<\/strong> Libreng Charging:<\/strong><\/p>\n Southern Leyte<\/strong> Bohol<\/strong> Antique<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Globe Telecom said 50% of base stations adversely affected by the super typhoon have already been restored back to operations as of 9 am Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[330,33],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-disaster-recovery-plan","tag-globe-telecom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1. Overseas Worker Welfare Administration Office, Region VI Office, 3rd\u00a0 Floor, Robinson Mall,\u00a0 Mabini Street;
\n2. Western Visayas Cyberlink\u00a0 Inc. HUB, Shoppers Avenue, Valeria Street;
\n3. Globe Telecom office in JM Basa Street.<\/p>\n
\n1. Odiongan Commercial Center, Liwayway St., Odiongan<\/p>\n
\n1. Old and New Capitol, San Jose;
\n2. Boss Radio, San Jose;
\n3. Lauan Municipal Hall<\/p>\n
\n1.IC Abgao,Maasin City
\n2. GT Mambahao Maasin
\n3. FOBN Maasin City
\n4. GT Maria Clara Maasin
\n5. GT Macrohon
\n6. GT Pob. P. Burgos
\n7. IC Tangkaan P. Burgos
\n8. GT Bunga P. Burgos
\n9. GT Bontoc So. Leyte
\n10. IC Sogod So. Leyte
\n11. IC Lilo-an So. Leyte
\n12. GT Nahulid<\/p>\n
\n1. GT Dagohoy
\n2. Innove Talibon
\n3 GT Sagbayan
\n4.GT Alicia Innove
\n5. GT La Union Candijay
\n6. GT Buenavista
\n7. GT Rosario Inabanga
\n8. GT Tabajan Guindulman
\n9. GT Bien Unido
\n10. GT Alijawan Jagna<\/p>\n
\n1. San Jose Capitol
\n2. Lauan Municipal Hall<\/p>\n